NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Sunray, TX
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Sunray, Texas since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 104 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 104
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Sunray
The highest rating among the 104 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on March 18, 1982, came within 3 miles. Of the 104, 11 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 37 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 47. The most recent tornado was on June 2, 2024. Of the 753 Texas cities on this site, 50% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Sunray. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 70 times since 1957, with stones up to 6 inches. Of the 753 Texas cities, 55% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Sunray.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Sunray
By decade
- 2020s8
- 2010s11
- 2000s18
- 1990s16(1 EF3+)
- 1980s19(2 EF3+)
- 1970s19(2 EF3+)
- 1960s10
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 1982 | F4 | 3 mi | 88 mi | 0 / 12 |
| Jun 9, 1971 | F4 | in town | 5.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 27, 1992 | F3 | 24 mi | 5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 25, 1987 | F3 | 23 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 5, 1971 | F3 | 16 mi | 4.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 18, 2010 | EF2 | 16 mi | 4.99 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 21, 2007 | EF2 | 16 mi | 11.93 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 21, 2007 | EF2 | 13 mi | 19.67 mi | 0 / 14 |
| Jun 9, 1971 | F2 | 19 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 1971 | F2 | 4 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 1971 | F2 | 4 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 1971 | F2 | 4 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 104, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Sunray
The Storm Prediction Center has 70 hail reports within 10 miles of Sunray since 1957, made on 52 separate days. Of these, 56 were 1 inch across or larger, and 15 reached 2 inches. The largest, 6 inches, fell on June 12, 2010. The most recent report is from May 15, 2024. June has the most reports, 31.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Sunray
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dumas, TX, 17 miles southwest of Sunray at 3,655 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 49°F and 22°F. August is the wettest at 3.0 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 17.8 inches over 31 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 73 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 124 nights a year. Snowfall averages 9.1 inches a year, most of it in December. That 17.8 inches is more than at 17 of the 312 Texas stations used on this site (5%). Gruver, 21 miles northeast, has its own station (Gruver, TX): 20.7 inches a year, 2.9 more than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49 | 22 | 0.4 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Feb | 53 | 24 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 62 | 32 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Apr | 70 | 39 | 1.4 | 3 | 0.1 |
| May | 79 | 50 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 89 | 60 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 92 | 65 | 2.7 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 64 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 56 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 72 | 43 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 59 | 31 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 49 | 23 | 0.7 | 2 | 3.1 |
| Year | 71 | 42 | 17.8 | 31 | 9.1 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Dumas, TX (3,655 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Sunray
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 34 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Sunray: 34 thunderstorm wind reports. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $350,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on August 3, 2025.
August 3, 2025: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Sunray — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “A severe thunderstorm moved across portions of Moore County during the early morning hours of August 3, 2025. It produced significant, widespread damage to portions of the county from north of Dumas and especially across the town of Sunray.”
June 20, 2012: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Sunray — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “The Moore County Emergency Management Office reported that thunderstorm wind gusts resulted in considerable damage in the town of Sunray Texas in Moore County. An official National Weather Service Storm Survey confirmed that the damage was caused by a downburst.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Sherman County, which includes Sunray, has been named in 12 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1989, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 fires, 3 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies, 2 ice storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, on February 19, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Sherman County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for hail and lightning; Very Low for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $10.7 million a year, the 142nd highest of 254 Texas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $272,000 (3%), is from hail.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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Cities near Sunray
- Cactus, TX14 mi
- Dumas, TX16 mi
- Gruver, TX21 mi
- Fritch, TX31 mi
- Spearman, TX33 mi
- Borger, TX34 mi
- Dalhart, TX47 mi
- Guymon, OK50 mi
- Panhandle, TX54 mi
- Perryton, TX56 mi
- Pampa, TX58 mi
- Hooker, OK61 mi
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